Question about changing file names of mods manually

[bluger0711]

Hello!

I have changed a file name of a specific mod in my game directory because to make sure the mod works properly I had to change the load order. Therefore I changed the name from mod.archive to 1_mod.archive (for example).

Vortex is giving me an error because it is confused now. To get rid of the error message (every time I installed a new mod it appeared again) I made the same change in my staging folder as well so the file name is also 1_mod.archive instead of mod.archive. The error message is gone, the mod still works in-game but I hope I will not get trouble for instance if I wanted to update the mod at some point.

Is there a "better" approach to change file names of mods manually while using Vortex?

 

Greetings

bluger

[Pickysaurus]

Changing it in the staging folder is the correct approach. 

[bluger0711]

If I would have changed the file name in the staging folder first: Does Vortex copy the file with the same name automatically in the game directory?

[showler]

You would need to deploy the files again.

[bluger0711]

Thanks a lot!